Temple Stream: A Rural Odyssey - Brossura

Roorbach, Bill

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ISBN 10: 1608933938 ISBN 13: 9781608933938

Casa editrice: Down East Books, 2015

Riassunto

Great blue herons, yellow birches, damselflies, and beavers are among the talismans by which Bill Roorbach uncovers a natural universe along the stream that runs by his house in Farmington, Maine. Populated by an oddball cast of characters to whom Roorbach ("The Professor") and his family might always be considered outsiders, this book chronicles one man's determined effort―occasionally with hilarious results―to follow his stream to its elusive source. Acclaimed essayist and award-winning fiction writer Bill Roorbach uses his singular literary gifts to inspire us to laugh, love, and experience the wonder of living side by side with the natural world.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Bill Roorbach is the author of the O.Henry Award-winning story collection Big Bend, as well of the novels The Smallest Color and Life Among Giants, now in development for an HBO series. He also wrote the memoir, Summers with Juliet and the essay collection Into Woods. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including the Atlantic, Harper's Monthly, Granta, and the New York Times Magazine. He lives with his family in Farmington, Maine.

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I call the stream ours because our house is in its valley and a corner of our land touches the stream at a dramatic bend, and because my wife and our daughter (always in the company of our dogs) walk down to that stream every morning, every season. The stream is our point of contact with all the waters of the world.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Down East Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1608933938
• ISBN 13: 9781608933938
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 300
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile